Is pipestone similar to soapstone. I remember living in S.D. and traveling to MN quite a bit where you would find carved pipestone statues everywhere.
Harkins,Patrick wrote: >Thanks, Ben - I'll do that. >I am a closet sculptor - used to carve in soapstone when I was in my teens. >I have a 6" x 6" block that I'm trying to decide what to do with. Hopefully >this will help me! That's a great story - I think I'd like to visit there >some time. > >Patrick > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:10 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: RE: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) >> >> >>Patrick- >> >>thanks. >>check out their web site: www.spiritsinstone.com >> >>Besides a "virtual gallery", it has pages on the stone, the >>people, the >>sculpture process, etc. >> >>The curators of the sculpture project in the U.S. are Anthony >>and Laura Ponter. >>Tony grew up in Zimbabwe, in the NE of the country near the >>mountains. His >>father collected the unique sculpture of the Shona in that >>region. (Looks a lot >>like Picasso I think, but was not influenced by "Western" >>art.) The sculptors >>believe that the spirits of their ancestors guide them to >>quarry a particular >>piece of stone and make a particular thing of it. >> >>Tony moved to England then the U.S. where he met Laura. They >>went to Zimbabwe >>for their honeymoon. He had planned a safari. She became >>enchanted by the >>sculpture at Tony's father's home, and said basically "to >>heck with the safari, >>I want to go meet these people and learn about them and their art". >> >>They set up a project back in the U.S. to support the artists >>and bring their >>sculpture here. They have three galleries in the San >>Francisco Bay Area, and a >>headquarters/warehouse on a horse ranch in the wine country >>near Sonoma. Laura >>has a love for abused or disabled horses, and provides a >>place for them to live >>out the remainder of their lives in dignity with love and >>care. The sculpture >>warehouse is a horse barn! >> >>We receive notification of events at the ranch, which is by >>invitation only, >>and the hippo is our 8th piece of their sculpture for >>ourselves, plus 3 pieces >>we have given as gifts. This is the only large heavy piece. >>Six of the others >>are on the mantel, one is on my desk at work. >> >>-Ben >> >> >> >>>That is a nice sculpture! And a beautiful piece of stone! >>> >>>Patrick >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:23 PM >>>>To: CF-Community >>>>Subject: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) >>>> >>>> >>>>Speaking of Rock, check out these new photos: >>>>http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=195 and >>>>http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=196 >>>> >>>>This hippo has several advantages over some of y'all's pets: >>>>-doesn't eat >>>>-doesn't mess >>>>-doesn't scratch >>>>-doesn't chew >>>>-doesn't wander off >>>>-always in a good mood >>>> >>>>He's a sculpture from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe, made out >>>>of a solid piece of >>>>serpentine from the Nyanga Mountains, weighs a bit over >>>> >>>> >>210 pounds. >> >> >>>>BTW in #195, it's the one on the _left_ >>>>:-) >>>> >>>>-Ben >>>> >>>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
